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JAMES SIMPSON, OF VEEDERSBURG, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLAMH. MALLORY AND EDDIE E. VADF., OF SAME PLACE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,299, dated October1, 1895.

Application filed January 4, 1 8 9 5.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES SIMPSON, of Veedersburg, in the county ofFountain and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and improved Gate, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvementin gates, and especially to auimprovement in means for opening and closing gates.

The object of the invention is to provide an opening and closing devicefor swinging gates so constructed that a gate may be opened and closedfrom the same side, or from either side of the gate, and whereby themechanism employed to accomplish this result will be exceedingly simple,durable, and economic.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a gate and the opening and closingmechanism connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a plan View of a portion of thegate and of the mechanism for manipulating the same, illustrating thegate as in closed position in positive lines, and in dotted lines as inan open position. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the latch. Fig. 1l is adetail perspective view tak-en from the rear of the gate, illustratingthe manner in which the cables or ropes used in manipulating the gatepass one another; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line a a of Fig.3.

In carrying out the invention the usual swing-post 10 is provided, and akeeper-post l1 for the gate A, which latter may be of any approvedconstruction. Any form of latch may be employed for locking the gate tothe keeper capable of being withdrawn from the keeper to unlock thegate. The latch illustrated is shown particularly in Fig. 3, andcomprises spring-plate 12, secured to the front portion of the forwardor free end of the gate, the said plate being provided with a head 13 toenter the keeper 13a in the keeper-post 11. A cross-bar 14. is rigidlysecured to the top Serial No. 533.855. (No model.)

portion of the swing-post 10 of the gate, ex-

' tending beyond opposite sides ot' the said post,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and upon the central portion of thiscross-bar a lever 15 is horizontally fulcrumed, the pivot of the leverbeing preferably placed between the said center and its rear end, theforward portion of the lever having a longitudinal slot or opening 16made therein, which receives a stud 17, firmly attached to the top ofthe gate and provided with a friction-roller.

At the rear end ,of the lever two pulleys 18 and 19 are placed, one ateach side, and at opposite sides of the gate standards 2O are erected,each having an inclined or horizontal member 2l at or near its upper endextending in direction of the gate and its swing-post. A rod 22 issecured to the upper end ofthe latch 12, and this rod is carriedrearward over the gate, usually through a guide 23 located on the gate,and at the rear end of this rod two cables, designated, respectively, as24 and 25, are secured. The cable 24 is carried over the pulleylS and toone side of the gate over a pulley 26, secured upon the extension of thestandard 2O at that side, while the cable 25 is carried over the pulley27, securedupon the extension of the opposite standard 20.. A doublepulley is located at each end of the cross-bar 14, upon the backthereof, one pulley being designated as 28 and the other as 29. A cable30 is secured to the rear end of the gate-lever 15 at one side-forexample,` the right-hand side-and this cable is carried over theright-hand double pulley 29, along the back of the cross-bar and inengagement with the left-hand pulley 28. From thence the cable 30 iscarried over the pulley 3l, located upon the upright receiving-thelatch-cable 24. A second lever-cable 32 is secured to the lefthand sideof the rear end of the gate-lever, and it is passed first over thedouble pulley 28, then in engagement with the double pulley 29, fromwhence it is passed to the pulley 33, located upon the standard carryingthe latch` cable 25.

1n the operation of this gate a person on either side of the gate, bydrawing downward on the latch-cable, first disengages the latch and thenswings the gate outward. The gate is closed from the same side bydrawing down- IOO ward on the lever-cable. lf a person is on theright-hand side of the gate and desires to admit cattle--for example, atthe left-hand side of the gate-the gate can be opened inward by firstdisengaging the latch by drawing on the right-hand latch-cable 25, andthen drawing downward upon the right-hand levercable 32. Drawing fromthe left-hand side of the gate-lever will open the gate to the right,and by then drawing downward upon the right-hand latch-cable, which willdraw from the right-hand side of the gate-lever, the gate will beclosed. After the latch has been disengaged by pulling onthelatch-cable, the gate can be readily opened toward the operator byexerting tension on the lever-cable while holding on to the latch-cable.

It is evident that in addition to opening and closing the gate from thesaine point it may likewise be opened from one side away from the personby drawing downward upon the right-hand latchcable'25, and closed fromthe left-hand side by drawing downward upon the left-hand latch-cable.The latch-cables open the gate in a direction from the personmanipulating them and likewise close the gate, while the auxiliarycables 30 and 32 serve to open the gate in direction of the personoperating said cables, when the latch is disengaged, and also serve toclose the gate, both cables opening the gate from one side and closingit from the other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a gate, its swing postandalever fulcrumed upon the swing post and extending rearwardly therefrom,the said lever extending over the gate. and having sliding connectiontherewith, of a cable connected with the rear end of the gate lever anda second cable also connected with the rear end of the gatelever andhaving a bearing upon a fixed support at the opposite side of the leverto that at which the iir'st cable is connected the said cables leadingin the saine direction and when tension is applied thereto exertingforce in opposite directions upon the said lever, whereby the said gatefrom one side may be swung either away from or toward the operator,substantially as described.

2. The combination With a swing gate, its latch and swing post, and alever fulcrulned near its rear end upon the post and having a slidingconnection at its opposite end with the gate, of a cable connected withthe latch and having a bearing on one side of the lever at the rear ofits fulcruin, and a second cable connected with the lever at the rear ofits fulcrum and having a bearing upon a fixed support at the oppositeside of the lever to that toward which the latch cable is carried, thetwo cables being led in the same direction, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. The combination with a swing gate, a gate post provided with a crosshead, the latch of the gate, a lever fulcrumed upon the gate post,extending forward and rearward beyond the cross head, said lever havinga sliding connection with the gate, and guide standards at oppositesides of the said gate, of a cable attached to the latch and forked atthe rear of the latch, the forks of the said cable passing throughguides at the rear of the gate lever, and to opposite guide standards,and a pair of cables attached to the rear of the said lever, the lattercables being passed from the levers in opposite directions throughguides near the ends of the said cross head and thence carried to theirrespective guide standards, as and for the purpose set forth.,1

JAMES SIMPSON. Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. MALLORY, EDDIE E. WADE,

